RICE SOWS FOURTH GROCERY WORLD WITH FOOD-SERVICE AREA

HOUSTON -- Rice Food Markets' fourth and newest Grocery World here boasts the format's first full-scale food-service area, and marks the evolution of the still-young format into meals merchandising, said chain officials.The latest Grocery World includes a variety of hot and cold items and a small dining area, officials told SN.The Grocery World format, the first of which appeared in 1995 and which